Black-Glaze Cup
1912.01.0018
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Basic Information
| Artifact Identification | Black-Glaze Cup (1912.01.0018) |
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| Classification/ Nomenclature |
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| Artist/Maker | None |
| Geographic Location | |
| Period/Date | Attic - Middle, 26th Dynasty, 450 – 400 BCE |
| Culture | Greek - Attic, Graeco-Egyptian |
Physical Analysis
| Dimension 1 (Length) | 15.1 cm |
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| Dimension 2 (Width) | 11.1 cm |
| Dimension 3 (Depth) | 3.9 cm |
| Weight | 113 g |
| Measuring Remarks | None |
| Materials | Ceramic--Terracotta, Pigment--Slip |
| Manufacturing Processes | Throwing, Painting, Firing |
| Munsell Color Information | Dark Gray (N 2.75/ 5.5% R) -Slip. Grayish Reddish Orange (2.5YR 5/6) -Clay body at base. Light Grayish Yellowish Brown (10YR 6/2) -Soil residue. |
Research Remarks
| Published Description | Attic Black-Glaze One-Handled Cup Shape and Ornament - Convex body, disk foot. Fully glazed except underside of foot, which has three concentric glazed bands, one thick and two thin around a central dot, all over a red wash. Dimensions and Condition - H. 0.045 m.; w. with handle 0.051 m.; d. rim 0.112 m.; d. base 0.069 m. Light red clay, glossy black glaze. Intact, with incrustations. -- Wisseman, Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum, Plate 35, 6. |
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| Description | N/A |
| Comparanda | Agora P 2316 (Sparkes and Talcott, The Athenian Agora vol. 12: Black and Plain Pottery of the 6th, 5th, and 4th Centuries B.C., 1970. pp. 126, 289, no. 750, pl. 31). |
| Bibliography | James, T.G.H. Excavating in Egypt: The Egypt Exploration Society 1882-1982. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982. Wisseman, Sarah U. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Philipp von Zabern: Mainz, 1989. Page 33, Plate 35, 6. PETRIE, W. M. F., Naukratis. Part I., 1884-5. Third Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1886. GARDNER, E. A., Naukratis, Part II. Sixth Memoir of the Egypt Exploration Fund, London, 1888. Naukratis: Greeks in Egypt, The British Museum (online catalogue) |
Artifact History
| Archaeological Data | N/A |
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| Credit Line/Dedication | Egypt Exploration Society |
| Reproduction | no |
| Reproduction Information | N/A |